Louie Russo

Louie "the Face" Russo (died November 1961) was the boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1947 to 1961, succeeding Paul Ricca and preceding John Villone.

Biography
Louie Russo was born in Chicago, Illinois to a family of Sicilian descent. He became a member of the Chicago Outfit mob, and his brother Willie was one of the hitmen sent to kill Vito Corleone in 1933, only to be killed by Luca Brasi. He was nicknamed "the Face" for his phallic nose, and the prostitute who gave him that nickname was later found headless in a river.

Louie Russo became the boss of the Chicago Outfit in 1947, succeeding Paul Ricca. Russo let the Corleone crime family believe that he had forgiven their murder of his brother, but he instead held a grudge against them. The Chicago Mob instead muscled in on New York businesses and also interfered with the Corleone family's casinos in Las Vegas. Russo later conspired with Hyman Roth and Vincent Forlenza to kill Michael Corleone, and he failed to spread rumors of Fredo Corleone's homosexuality.

In November 1961, Russo invited Corleone consigliere Tom Hagen to his supper glub and gambling den on the Illinois-Wisconsin border, planning to kill him. He, Hagen, a rower, and two Russo soldati went on a gondola ride in Russo's man-made lake, and Hagen proceeded to kill a soldato by strangulation as the rower hit another one with the oar, and Hagen then killed Russo with a hidden gun on the boat. He then dumped the bodies in the lake, and Louie's body was found at the bottom of the lake after it was drained.